Read More NBC Drops Limited Series ‘Emerald City’ (NBC originally marketed the series (see photo above) at Comic-Con last year, with a goal of getting it on the air in 2015 despite the fact that it had yet to begin casting yet.) Studio Universal TV shopped the series to other potential suitors. The network opted not to move forward with the project after NBC and producers could not agree on a shared vision for the show.
This is the fabled Land of Oz in a way you’ve never seen before, where wicked witches don’t stay dead for long and a young girl becomes a headstrong warrior who holds the fate of kingdoms in her hands.Įmerald City originally was picked up straight to series in January 2014 (along with The Slap) with a 10-episode order with Josh Friedman ( Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) attached to pen the script alongside Matt Arnold ( Siberia).
Here’s the logline for the new take: In the blink of a tornado’s eye, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale and her K9 police dog are transported to another world, one far removed from our own - a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy. The network has revived drama Emerald City, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.ĭavid Schulner is attached write, exec produce and serve as showrunner on the 10-episode drama, which hails from Universal Television, where he’s under an overall deal. NBC is taking another trip down the yellow brick road.